Official affiliated event of the Athens Democracy Forum
Your way into the Forum's week.
Reclaim the Dialogue 2026 is an official affiliated event of the 14th Athens Democracy Forum.
Not merely in the same week, or prompted by it. Reclaim is in the Forum's official programme, and takes place at the Athens Conservatoire on its closing night.
Attending Reclaim is free, and it is for people aged 15 to 30.
Thursday 1 October · 19:00–21:30
Affiliated Event: Reclaim the Dialogue 2026 — Shaping the Claim
Athens Conservatoire
Rigillis & Vasileos Georgiou B 17–19
Why it is worth being there
We are part of the official programme.
Reclaim the Dialogue is included in the Athens Democracy Forum's programme as an official affiliated event. By coming to Reclaim, you take part in one of this year's events.
Much of the Forum is accessible by invitation only.
Many of the Athens Democracy Forum's discussions and events are for delegates and invited guests. Reclaim is open and free for people aged 15 to 30.
Same week. Same venue.
The Athens Democracy Forum spends two of its three days at the Athens Conservatoire. That is where we will be on 1 October.
Where exactly you would be
Fourteen years of public dialogue in Athens.
The Athens Democracy Forum has taken place in Athens every year since 2012. For six of those years it was organised in association with The New York Times, who remain associated with it. Today the Forum is organised by the Democracy & Culture Foundation.
Each year it brings political leaders, Nobel laureates, journalists, academics and people from the arts to Athens for three days of discussion about democracy and the pressures on it.
The 2026 theme
Building Order Out of Chaos
29 September – 1 October 2026
- This year's edition
- 14th
- Participants in 2025
- 460+
- In association with
- The New York Times
In Athens that week
- Tawakkol KarmanNobel Peace Prize laureate
- Dalia GrybauskaitėFormer President of Lithuania
- Thomas FriedmanThe New York Times
- Martin BaronFormer Executive Editor, The Washington Post
- David ChipperfieldDavid Chipperfield Architects
- Haris DoukasMayor of Athens
What the partnership gets you
A code for our community.
Attending Reclaim is already free.
The code is for the people who hear about the Athens Democracy Forum through Reclaim and our community.
Which Forum sessions you can take part in
The Athens Democracy Forum sessions that will be open to Reclaim attendees
This will be announced as soon as it is finalised by the Athens Democracy Forum.
The partnership and Reclaim's place in the official programme are already confirmed. We are currently waiting on the final details of the additional sessions Reclaim ticket holders will be able to attend, and how to register for them.
The Forum in previous years
Photographs from previous editions
Photographs from previous editions of the Athens Democracy Forum will be added here, once we have the press pack and permission to use it.